Worst Collection Ever

So Shawn screwed up and planned on reading an AVENGERS WEST COAST that we’ve already covered so that totally threw off our pre-determined podcast mojo.That being said, we figured it would be timely to do a comprehensive review of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME and give our thoughts on the latest MCU movie. There are spoilers abound here so listen with caution if you have yet to see the film.Also, we talk about our recent trip to Mile High Comics and some of the books/gimmicks we picked up.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Superman #372 (1982)We’re back with more summer fun as Superman encounters a radioactive Alex Trebek, who unleash an anti-matter splotch on the Earth. You see, his government-issued android children were killed in a tidal wave so its up to Superman to take Alex Trebek back in time to save his "kids." Also, we catch up with Jimmy Olsen in 2021 where there are flying cars and stuff. Superman Jr Jr saves the day by ditching a girl on a date because she didn’t know what an ice cream cone was.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Barbie Fashion #33 (1993)Let’s jump into the summer months as Barbie forcibly projects her clueless improv skills onto terrified jazz festival-goers, including Al Roker and young Steve Urkel.Later, Barbie and her cannibalistic cult of child-kidnapping friends present their heath-compromised friend with dirty seashells. Then….everyone gets mono. Probably. The end.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Robin [vol 4] #71 (1999)An earthquake has destroyed Gotham, causing all sorts of folks to make bold fashion choices. Killer Croc is wearing paisley suspenders, Alfred’s gone plaid and Robin is walking around in his ballet shoes. Also, the GCPD and the Penguin are working together and Nightwing is in bed eating soup. Strange times, man.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com

Marvel Team-Up #112 (1981)Spider-Man’s astral self links up with OG Conan-type King Kull to fight barbarians for a poison cure. Along the way, Spider-Man sees the Gettysburg Address take place and hangs out with pre-historic Dr. Steve Brule. Meanwhile, back on present-day Earth, Doctor Strange’s lazy self drinks iowaska and waits for Spider-Man to not muck up the space-time continuum. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Wonder Woman #218 (1975)Red Tornado abuses his office privileges as a data temp to record a story about Wonder Woman thwarting an evil astrologist from gimmicking Diana’s invisible plane to constantly crash in the Hudson River.Later, Wonder Woman falls off a boat to stop Felix Faust and his banker hair from permanently miniaturizing the Statue of Liberty. Green Arrow watches Wonder Woman change costumes underwater while Superman broods.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Dr. StrangeFate #1 (1996)In the Amalgam Universe, Doctor Fate merged with Doctor Strange and became a massive sausage that ends up being Charles Xavier. No surprise there. Also, Zatanna Wanda is insatiable, Green Lantern Nova is sassy and Hulk Grundy is super emo in his trench coat. Also, the Sanctorum’s house servant glues construction paper to his face.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Conan The Barbarian #138 (1982)Not sure how its been this long that we’ve never done a CONAN book but here it is…In this issue, Conan fights a giant crab and octopus in a swamp and then helps a girl find her murderous wizard father. After slicing up some demon flesh, the girl’s father ends up being the snake dude from that movie DREAMSCAPE. That movie freaked me out as a kid…Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16 (1956)Its a trio of Jimmy Olsen stories that make no damn sense:Jimmy and Superman keep plutonium in the Daily Planet fridge only for the Swami (Chris Berman) to nearly swindle them out of it by making Jimmy hallucinate.Superman carries Jimmy into the nuclear winds, turning him invincible. Lois hits Jimmy with her shoe.Jimmy takes a truth serum and nearly has Clark Kent murdered in his own office.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

We decided to try something a touch different this week and go all in on our SPOILER FILLED thoughts on Avengers: Endgame. We break down the plot, the iconic battles and even some of the minutia from this epic movie. Not much else to say here without giving stuff away so listen and enjoy!Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Primal Force #0 (1994)Hemp-based super-villains are threatening the world and all we have to protect us after Zero Hour is a rag-tag group of jobbers. A dented Red Tornado….Ragman’s mud friend….some Dragon Ball Z weirdo with a purple hand….an Irish man with a glowing purse….and a woman with a shopping list. This is Primal Force. We’re all screwed.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Cloak and Dagger [vol 2] #8 (1986)Cloak and Dagger end up in France with a Dollar Store Andrew McCarthy, on the trail of some smack dealers. Dagger goes on a literal vacation like its some European episode of BOY MEETS WORLD while Cloak has to do all the work. Cloak finds a culprit and then swallows a car inside his body.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

JSA #48 (2003)Captain Marvel and Stargirl are stuck in a shadow nightmare world where Billy Batson has to stay a boy and be useless. Thorn shows up looking like Poison Ivy and mistakes them for her kids in a pretty depressing turn. Fear not though because this book also has SUPERHEROES EATING~! Hector Hall’s having damn picnic inside the Helm of Fate and all our friends are there — the Strausses, Inza, Kid Eternity for some reason and my main man Jared Stevens! One day, I will get the chance to eat macaroni salad with Doctor Fate. Maybe I’ll just put a yellow bucket on my head and eat some hot dogs….Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Incredible Hulk #267 (1982)Rick Jones gets Bruce all riled up over a rainbow in the dark (shout-out to DIO), turning him into Hulk and sending him on a rampage in a desert town. Golden Bruce Springsteen shows up to grant a bunch of wishes to the townsfolk, including a cop becoming a different cop with a different hat. Hulk manages to ruin everything and Springsteen’s albino Skrull boss shows up to make matters worse.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Time got away from us while we were traveling so no comic book this week. HOWEVER, we did want to talk about some of the stuff we saw in LA while on the Warner Bros tour, including some Aquaman gimmicks.We also talk about the “Disney buys Fox” news and what that could mean in terms of new film and TV properties of the comic book variety as well as a few new purchases we’ve had lately.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Teen Titans Spotlight #19 (1988)Starfire and Nightwing move in together and immediately Kory fills their giant flat with framed pictures of Dick and really tiny pictures of Donna Troy. She gets bored and flies around the city, ruining a helicopter lesson and crossing paths with a ghost-self Harbinger. Thankfully for Harbinger, Starfire arrives just in time to help her out in battling cyborg’d young Keith Olberman in a Manhunter robot (because Millennium)Also, we forgot to say if we’d read the next issue. Shawn - nah. Jen - also probably nah.Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Captain Marvel [vol 3] #1 (1995)When you go to the movies this weekend to see CAPTAIN MARVEL, just remember that instead of Carol, it could have been his snappy 90s space-boy. Genis-Vell is one of them aged clones — technically the “son” of the original Captain Mar-Vell — who grew up on nu-metal and probably drank Fruitopia or Orbitz on the regular. He turned out to be a grimy rager and in his first solo story, he takes a huge dump in a space toilet and then accidentally commits mass murder on a bunch of space-faring Shi’ar. Nice work buddy.Email the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.comContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Batman/Superman #13 (2014)Back to the superhero comics grind as we cover some DC farts from the 21st century! (WAVE OF THE FUTURE)Batman and Superman are both amnesiacs all of sudden, shuttled violently into a Gotham that looks like blighted as all hell. Clark is naked (but not afraid) helping Catwoman beat up some garbage androids while Bruce is discovering his wealth and gadgets all over again. We also find the filthiest bathroom in all of Gotham, a feat unto itself.Email the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.comContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

I Love You #49 (1963)We jump back to the Charlton Comics romance “MurderVerse” to bring you three more tales of love lost, blinded or simply postponed:a freshly minted widower abandons his newborn son to go mule drugs in Venezuelaa lovesick woman insults a blind man on a beacha commitment hungry redhead settles for the Charlton Comics MurdererEmail the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.comContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

Teen-Age Confidential Confessions #16 (1963)Our hearts are pumping romance this month on WCE and we are starting out strong with this Charlton Comics gem of a love anthology. We’ve got:a traumatized woman, haunted by the abandonment of her drug mule father, contemplating marriage due to a rained-out Yankees gamea handsome stranger stalking a depressed lady in an elevatora thrifty gal refusing to accept the gift of James Corden from her suitorthe same handsome stranger from the second story stalking a recently jilted girl at a swimming poolEmail the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.comContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield